CES 2017: Day 2 Report
A day spent on the floor was certainly worthwhile. Today the blog team spent time at some of the hotspots at the Consumer Electronics Show. We started at the Sands Expo Center, where the wearables…
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Outlook for Over-The-Air (Antenna) TV – 2017
Broadcast TV has changed a lot over the years. Starting with an analog black-and-white signal in the 1940s, TV first went to color, added captioning, went stereo, added multiple audio tracks, and without a doubt the…
CES 2017: HDMI 2.1 announced
This could be big… eventually. The HDMI Forum, who do nothing but develop the standards used in HDMI cables, announced HDMI 2.1, which will eventually have a use in TVs and computers. The move was…
CES 2017: DISH Booth Report
DISH and Sling TV were in a new location this year in the central hall, closer to RCA and other manufacturers and away from the Intel booth, which was inexplicably busy considering that no one really…
CES Day 1 Report: Is there a trade show here?
OK, fair is fair. The show actually doesn’t open until tomorrow. There have been press events and all, but the main action at the convention center doesn’t start until tomorrow at 10am. So what, exactly, did…
New AIM meter firmware available
If you have an AIM meter, you know the importance of keeping it current. Unfortunately, since these meters are intended just for DIRECTV installers, firmware can be hard to get. As a public service, we keep…
We’re off to CES 2017!
We don’t have a bus or a couple million dollars in gear to back, but we’re on our way! The Consumer Electronics Show, better known as CES, starts officially tomorrow and we’re going to be there…
CES 2017: DISH announces its streaming box plus two other less important things
You can always count on DISH to come through with something interesting at the Consumer Electronics Show. Unlike DIRECTV, DISH relishes the spotlight with a traditionally large booth that only seems to get larger every year….
Will we see DIRECTV at this year’s CES?
We’re mere hours away from the opening of the 2017 Consumer Electronics show. The whole blog team is packing up and getting ready to head down to Las Vegas, where temperatures are expected to be a…
Yes, 2017 is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Get over it.
Oh, you’re going to hear it over and over. This is the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, considered the first modern smartphone. You’ll hear about how phones used to have physical buttons, how you couldn’t get…
DIRECTV forced to black out stations in 33 markets
If you’re in one of the cities with a Hearst-owned local station, you probably don’t need me to tell you that you’ve lost that station. DIRECTV’s contract negotiations with Hearst Television didn’t get wrapped up by…
2016: The Year in Streaming
Streaming services were a pretty big deal in 2016. Here are the hits, misses, and groundbreaking moments for this year in streaming. With the dawning of a new year, we took a look back at…
Cellular internet instead of wired internet? Sign me up!
Internet at home has always meant a wire. When I was a kid and my dad worked from home, and this was 40 years ago, there was a wire. There’s always been a wire. First it…
CES2016: Early Preview
It’s almost time. The International Consumer Electronics Show kicks off a week early for 2016, and we’ll have a team on the ground covering it next year! This is going to be a big change for…
FUN FRIDAY: Life in 2017 (as seen from 2007)
This recently unearthed video shows us what people thought things would be like in 2017. It was made back in 2007 and I’m not saying it’s wrong, just not quite right. Facial recognition? check. Biometric payments?…